VOIP Services Exposed! Three Top VOIP Service Providers Compared!

If you make a lot of overseas call, you will love Lingo. With its low (the cheapest, according to Wired) monthly fee, you will get unlimited calling to the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and more than 20 other countries, including Australia and most of western Europe.

At first, we encountered an annoying echo with overseas connections. We contacted the company for help and then, the problem went away. How about domestic calls? It's superb :)

The online account manager was tidy with no hold time for tech support. If you need a mobile plan, they have one. That plan will allow you to save big bucks when making international calls on your cell phone (you just need to call a designated number to connect with Lingo, then you can make your international call).

My problem with Lingo? You need to play with the cable a little bit before you can call.

Support: 9/10
Overall: 9.5/10
Additional note: Lingo was picked as Wired editor's pick

Skype is used by over 220 million users worldwide, and believed to be the fastest growing VOIP service in the world. Is it that great? Well, not for me.

Skype's call quality is considerably less than Lingo with words occasionally getting clipped. The main interface feels a bit overcrowded, too, though I like how easy to hop between tasks, whether dialing, adding a contact, or using SkypeFind to locate a cafe.

Major headache I'm having with Skype is that voicemail costs $20 a year (for just a voicemail? No thanks), unless you subscribed for SkypeIn number ($60 a year).

Support: 5/10
Overall: 6/10

If you are impatient, VoiceWing from Verizon is not for you. It was the hardest to configure, having to register the telephone adapter's MAC address twice, clicking through a series of screens while hooking up cords then having to wait for a few minutes for it to be ready. Once you finished setting it up, the call quality was impressive for domestic calls, but it sounds weird on overseas calls.

One big drawback is that the fee covers only the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and the US territories. The online account manager need some revision too, it's too cluttered for me.

And if you are Verizon Wireless customers, bad news for you, there's no discount for you.

Support: 7/10
Overall: 5/10

Additional note: Thanks to its complex, cumbersome installation process

With all the problems you might face when using VoiceWing, I recommend you not to subscribe to it. It just won't worth your time, money and all the frustrations you'll get trying to install VoiceWing. If you don't want to face all the problems, by all means, try to get Lingo's service.